“So what do you do?” Wearing a chocolate brown smock with my wet hair up in clips I smile and say, “I do lots of things. It is complicated.” My new hairstylist nodded. Within thirty seconds our conversation landed on the topic of mental health. “I have a story that no one knows. Not anyoneContinue reading “Beauty Shop Secrects “
Category Archives: Mental Illness
Mental Illness She Spoke
Unknown to me are the people in the audience who show up to a talk I’m giving about mental illness. I do not know 99 percent of the people for whom I share my story. I look out into the tent or the church or the room or the web camera and I have neverContinue reading “Mental Illness She Spoke”
Hope is Coming
How much hope is enough? I understand and experience hope to be “leaning into better.” Hope is trusting that as things change, good will come. When we are hopeful, we lean into things getting better, not worse. Is hope a precious natural resource? Is there a limited amount of hope in the world that weContinue reading “Hope is Coming”
Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund 